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2026 ULTRAs honour the best of luxury travel at the Tower of London

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Hilton Isn’t ‘Blocking’ New AI Agents. But They Can’t Always Get In.

Hilton's CEO says he wants to make booking through AI agents easy. For now, Meta's Muse struggles to pull a price from hotel group sites, and OTAs may remain an easier door.

How the Tourist Became the Taxpayer of Last Resort

Tourist taxes are usually sold as a way to manage crowds. Their deeper appeal is political: They raise money from people who cannot vote against the officials spending it.

Tourism and hospitality elite honoured at World Travel Awards 2026 in the Maldives

Hanoi gets its first Shilla Monogram

FUSION BRINGS SIGNATURE WELLNESS CONCEPT TO ASIA’S ‘NEW RETREAT CAPITAL’ OF DA LAT, VIETNAM

‘The P&L Doesn’t Lie’: Hotels See More AI Costs Than Bottom-Line Gains

Hotel tech investments keep climbing, but profits aren't keeping pace. Can hotels promise that AI will mean no job cuts and a payoff on the P&L at the same time?

Ras Al Khaimah Hotels Renovate to Capture the ‘Wynn Effect’

A single resort opening is reshaping how an entire destination's hotels renovate, price and package their rooms — well before its doors open.

Minor Hotels' first property in Singapore gets a GM

Ginger’s New Guwahati Address Taps Into a Growing Travel Hub

Sirma brings connected AI agents to hotel operations as h2c study signals hospitality’s next AI phase